Monitor Action Group
Monitor Action Group | |
|---|---|
minority politics | |
The Monitor Action Group is a
apartheid South West Africa. In June 2009, the party contended that aspects of the affirmative action policy of Namibia violated the country's constitution.[1]
Electoral history
At the
parliamentary elections 15 and 16 November 2004, the party won 0.8% of popular votes and 1 out of 72 seats. The party was run by Kosie Pretorius, though Jurie Viljoen
was the party's representative in the National Assembly.
In the
National Assembly of Namibia. However, the party received only 4,718 votes, just below the minimum for a seat in the National Assembly. Ahead of the election, the top four party leaders were Kosie Pretorius, Jurie Viljoen, Gernot Wilfrid Schaaf and Eric Peters.[2]
The party's election results further deteriorated in 2014. It did not contest the 2019 Namibian general election.[3] In the 2020 local authority election it narrowly gained a seat in the Outjo municipality.[4]
Presidential elections
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2004
|
Kosie Pretorius | 9,378 | 1.15% | Lost 
|
National Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994
|
Kosie Pretorius | 4,005 | 0.8% | 1 / 72
|
 1
|
5th
|
Opposition |
1999
|
3,618 | 0.67% | 1 / 72
|
|
5th
|
Opposition | |
2004
|
6,950 | 0.85% | 1 / 72
|
|
 7th
|
Opposition | |
2009
|
4,718 | 0.58% | 0 / 72
|
1
|
10th
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
2014
|
Gernot Schaaf | 3,073 | 0.34% | 0 / 96
|
|
13th
|
Extra-parliamentary |
References
- ^ Aspects of Affirmative Action unconstitutional: Monitor Action Group The Namibian via AllAfrica.com, 16 June 2009
- ^ Elections 2009 - MAG Leading Senior Members New Era via AllAfrica.com, 5 October 2009
- ^ Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.
- ^ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 10. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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